NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Highlights of the fourth day at the U.S. Open on Wednesday (times GMT):
1908 KOSTYUK BEATS STEPHENS
Ukrainian 11th seed Marta Kostyuk defeated 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-1 7-5 to advance to the third round.
1901 RAIN DELAYS OUTDOOR MATCHES
Due to rain, play on the outside courts has been suspended until the weather improves.
1755 RUBLEV KNOCKED OUT
Unseeded Spaniard Daniel Merida stunned 23rd seed Andrey Rublev 6-7(3) 6-2 6-4 6-4, advancing to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.
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1725 MEDVEDEV ADVANCES
Former champion Daniil Medvedev came through a testing third set after cruising through the opening two to seal a 6-1 6-3 7-5 victory over American Sebastian Gorzny in just over two hours.
1650 PEGULA DOMINATES
Third seed Jessica Pegula powered into the third round with a 6-3 6-1 victory over fellow American Sofia Kenin, setting up a meeting with Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, who beat Thailand’s Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-4 6-1.
1640 SHNAIDER WINS
Diana Shnaider held off a second-set fightback from former U.S. Open finalist Karolina Pliskova to seal a 6-1 7-6 (4) win and reach the third round.
1630 PAOLINI THROUGH TO THIRD ROUND
Italian 19th seed Jasmine Paolini advanced to the third round with a comfortable 6-4 6-1 victory over compatriot Lucrezia Stefanini.
1600 TOWNSEND ADVANCES
American Taylor Townsend made quick work of Australia’s Taylah Preston, earning a 6-1 6-1 victory to become the first player on the day to advance to the third round.
1500 PLAY BEGINS
Play began in New York under cloudy skies, with temperatures around 21 degrees Celsius.
U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON WEDNESDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1530 GMT/1130 ET)
3-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) v Sofia Kenin (U.S.)
8-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Polina Iatcenko (Russia)
Jaime Faria (Portugal) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (1500 GMT/1100 ET)
7-Daniil Medvedev (Russia) v Sebastian Gorzny (U.S.)
11-Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) v Sloane Stephens (U.S.)
Rei Sakamoto (Japan) v 11-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.)
Lanlana Tararudee (Thailand) v 6-Linda Noskova (Czechia)
(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru and Nicole Fernandes in Toronto, editing by Ed Osmond and Toby Davis)
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